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While research has shown that family visits to incarcerated individuals can reduce recidivism, a recent study suggests that the quality of inmates’ relationships with their mothers is a better predictor of whether they will re-offend.
In a recent longitudinal study published in Criminal Justice and Behavior,...

Federal investigators have launched a broad and unprecedented investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, issuing subpoenas to dioceses across Pennsylvania and bringing a potent set of law-enforcement tools to follow up on a scathing state grand jury report, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. All Roman...

Car crashes rose as much as 6 percent in states where the recreational use of marijuana has been legalized, two studies found. Research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute said the frequency of collision claims filed to insurers...

A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled that a life sentence for juveniles convicted of aggravated murder constitutes cruel punishment and is unconstitutional, reports the Seattle Times. Justice Susan Owens said, “the direction of change in this country is unmistakably and steadily moving toward abandoning the...

Despite their undeniable power over criminal cases, many prosecutors are overworked, understaffed, and in need of guidance from researchers.
That was how some experts portrayed them at a conference held Thursday by the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academy of Sciences.
The committee has...

The “bizarre” White House meeting between Kanye West and President Trump, supposedly to discuss criminal justice reform, masks the fact that the Trump administration has “reverted to the failed ‘lock them up and throw away the key’ practices of the past,” former Deputy Attorney General...